Tuesday, April 08, 2008

1. i am a decent at table tennis. not a pro. no trophies to my name. but i can hold my own.2. i don't like soft drinks. i hate the fizz. it hurts my throat. 3. i am currently into emeralds, and green in general. my mum just gave me a ring with a huge light green stone. it belonged to her grandmother and was handed down to her from her mother. it only fits on my 'wedding ring' finger. i haven't taken it off since she gave it to me.4. i love sitting cross-legged on chairs. not to be confused with 'legs crossed'.5. i'm growing really fond of naps. i think i might start taking one every sunday. i now have the perfect quilt to curl up under.6. my sister definitely has more style than me and i love to raid her clothes.7. i like my shower to be hot. almost scalding.8. i like my tea to also be extra hot.9. i am an impatient texter. if i send you a text and you don't respond within minutes i'm annoyed. 10. my first bridesmaid experience will be on may 17th.11. i think cayenne pepper is the ultimate spice, closely followed by cinnamon12. i used to crave lemons and would peel them and eat them whole13. i usually have an earl grey tea bag stashed in my bag14. i always have music on in the car. it used to bother me that my dad played classical music. but now i sometimes crave it.15. my first dog was a cavalier king charles spaniel we named 'pashmak'. one night he ran away and i stayed up praying he would return. he did return. i was six or seven years old. that is the moment i started believing in the power of prayer.16. i am fascinated by the things people create. 17. i love bookstores but rarely buy books. it always feels like too much of a commitment.18. i'm irritated when people talk through movies19. i used to actually fear driving. i felt like i was holding a loaded gun. i'd have dreams that i'd lose control of the car. 20. i sleep easily in planes. marabeth says i fold up like origami and disappear into my hoodie. i like waking up to find that we are about to land.21. whenever i'm in a plane i say a prayer during take off and landing.22. i feel a bit guilty if i don't watch the air crew do their emergency procedure presentation23. i will never forget that 23 is jasmine sutton's favorite number.24. i love gadgets. the more buttons and functions the better.25. i just received a package in the mail that really warmed my heart. three dark chocolate/apricot chunk cookies from new zealand, a book and an album filled with photographs and memories. 26. i have inherited my mother's skill of being able to figure out something to cook with whatever is available in the fridge/pantry. i never use recipes or measure. 27. i haven't had a tv for over a year and i don't really miss it.28. i do miss curling up on the couch with a good movie though.29. i still have plans to whittle this summer30. i am fastidious about washing fruit before i eat it. 31. in my opinion the perfect salad incorporates some sort of cheese and some sort of nut. and the base has to be field greens/spinach not lame iceburg lettuce32. i think sweet potatoes are underestimated33. i believe in God and i always have. and i don't think it is just a blind belief. 34. i really want to learn how to play the guitar35. i don't have any desire to play golf36. occasionally i have such a strong urge to stand on my head or do a handstand. i did a handstand the other night and flipped right over.37. i want to pay a reasonable annual set fee and go to unlimited yoga classes.38. i want to write julie andrews a letter and tell her how much i loved her in all my favorite childhood movies39. i want a tempur-pedic pillow40. my afterschool activities included: seido karate, speech and drama, piano, violin, modern dance and swimming.41. my swimming teacher was missing some fingers on one of his hands. i hated when he touched my arms and legs because of this deformity.42. my drama teacher would give us lollies as prizes. i have no idea what her natural hair color was, but her initials spelled MAD which i always thought was appropriate. i distinctly remember her telling us that she didn't wear underwear.43. i told my dad that one of my piano teachers slammed the lid of the piano on my hands because i made a mistake. to this day i can't remember if this actually happened or if i made it up.44. the only incentive to going to karate lessons was my huge crush on morgan sinclair who was a brown belt. when we would 'spar' i couldn't look him in the eye. 45. i love clever stencil art46. i wish i still spoke armenian fluently so i could talk with my grandmother

love the list! i've recently lost my ability to pass out on planes. it's quite tragic! on the other hand, i have a list of things about my past life i can't remember if they were truth and lie... does that make me a bad person?

about me

my blog now lives here.
i have an affinity for certain words over others. i start sentences with 'so' a lot. and although i have a masters degree in publishing and editing i have don't care to employ the rules of grammar or start sentences with capital letters. i like the idea of sunrises more than the reality of getting up at dawn. i am a shoulder dancer. i have a love/hate relationship with my freckles. i often create lists. i do not create lists for things that most people create lists for however, like shopping lists, or lists of books to read. my lists are more along the lines of 'things i wish i had said in the moment, but didn't'.
i love all things related to art. especially the creating of it.